The custom of winter solstice

The customs in winter solstice mainly include ancestor worship, feasting, eating jiaozi in winter solstice, drinking mutton soup, eating glutinous rice balls, making wine in winter solstice, making festivals in winter solstice, giving shoes in winter solstice, eating red beans and glutinous rice, cellar flowers, eating wonton and potatoes, and dispelling cold in September and September. Winter solstice, also known as solstice, winter festival, Asian New Year, etc. , is not only an important solar term among the 24 solar terms, but also a traditional folk ancestor worship festival in China.

What are the customs of winter solstice?

The solstice in winter is one of the eight festivals in four seasons, and it is considered as a big holiday in winter. In ancient times, there was a saying that the winter solstice was as big as a year. The custom of winter solstice varies in content or details due to different regions. In southern China, there are customs of offering sacrifices to ancestors and enjoying the winter solstice. In northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi from winter to Sunday every year.

Many places in southern China will celebrate the winter solstice. Winter solstice is a traditional festival to worship the heavens and ancestors, and it is one of the eight major festivals in a year. On this day, people should worship their ancestors to God. There is a saying that "the winter festival is as big as a year, and it will never come back." People who go out must go home to worship their ancestors on the solstice of winter. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different.

In many parts of northern China, it is a custom to eat jiaozi every winter solstice. As the saying goes: "On October 1st, when the solstice of winter comes, every family eats jiaozi." North China will eat jiaozi on this day, because jiaozi means "dispelling cold". Up to now, there is a folk proverb that "on the solstice of winter, jiaozi bowls are improper and nobody cares about frozen ears".